Washing-machine drive-gearing.



Patented Apr. 19, 1910;

F. KOSTLAN. WASHING MACHINE DRIVE GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13,1909.

dasher above referred to.

FRANK KOSTLA N, OF TRAER, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE DRIVE-GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 13, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910. Serial No. 507,45.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Kos'rLAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Traer, in the county of Tama and State of Iowa, havinginvented certain new and usel ful Improvements 1n Washing-h-IachineDrive-Gearing, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing ma- 1 chines, and more particularly tothe mechanism for imparting a reciprocating rotary l motion to thedasher, the object of the ini vention being 'to provide a simple,efficient and easy running drive-gearing for such machines, adapted forboth hand and power operation. g

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 1s a side view of a washing machine embodying my Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail, showing the gear connectionof the hand-lever with the dasher.

In thedrawing, A designates a washing machine tub, of'a familiar type,provided with a cover B and C hinged at D. The part O permanentlyattached to the tub, and the hinged portion may be temporarily fastenedthereto by a latch E. These parts do not differ materially from those ingeneral use, nor does the dasher which is supposed to be attached to thespindle F at the center of the cover. The essential features of thisinvention are comprised in the mechanism attached to the top of thecover for transmitting reciprocating rotary motion to the dasher, andthis will improvements.

now be described.

Suitably attached to the cover, as by bolts G is a casting H providedwith bearings I and I for the vertical spindle of the Between thesebearings is a pinion J secured to the spindle. In mesh with this pinionis a rack K coupled by links L L with a hand-lever M pivoted to agoose-neck extension N of the main casting. The bottom flange O of thecasting forms a bottom support for the rack, and the remainder of itsguide is formedcby an angle-plate P bolted to the cover, as shown. a

The ca: ting is provided with two horizontal bearings Q, and R, and anoutlying beyond the outer line of (not shown) I chines, comprism castingS bolted to the cover has corresponding bearings q vand r, to takeshafts T and U, respectively. To the shaft T is attached to a gearwheelV, pinion lV-secured to the other shaft. The gear has a wrist-pin 11carrying a connecting rod X, the opposite end of which engages a similarwrist-pin m on the hand-lever.

The outer end of the shaft U extends a little the tub, and to it issecured a fly-wheel Y, whichmay also serve as a belt-wheel, when it isdesired to operate the machine by motor or other mechanical power. Inconnection with the hand-lever the rapidly revolving fly-wheel by itsmomentum imparts a regular and easy motion to the spindle.

The construction is such as to give a double bearing to the dasherspindle and to each of the other shafts, and thus insure true alinementand easy running, with no tendency to cramp or wabble. It alsoplaces thelargest proportion of the weight near the hinge line ofthe lid, thusmaking it easy to open the tub. When open the gearcase Z rests on thecover part 0, and serves as a stop for the cover in tlllSpOS'ltlOll.

Having thus described my invention, claim:

1. The described driving gear for a washing machine, comprising a dasherspindle, a crank-gear shaft and a fiy-wheelshaft, a casting adapted tobe attached to the washing machine cover, and having double bearings forsaid dasher spindle, and bearings for said other two shafts, an outlyingcasting having corresponding bearings for said two last mentionedshafts, a cranked gear attached to one of said last-mentioned shafts anda fly-wheel and pinion attached to the other, .a' pinion on the dasherspindle between its bearings, an adjacent rack meshing with the spindlepinion, a hand-lever pivotedto a meshing with a goose-neck extension ofthe main casting, and links connecting said lever with both the rack andthe cranked ear.

.. 2. A driving gearing or washing mag a pair of bearing castings, eachprovided with bearings for a gear-shaft and a. fly-wheel shaft, and oneof them with a pair of bearings for the dasher spindle and an extensionto support a hand for the under side of the reel; )0 In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK KOSTLAN.

lever, shafts and a spindle mount-ed in said/ main casting formingsupport and guide sha t, a pinion on the spindle, e. pivoged 10n anangled cap-plate tor the rack and Witnesses links connecting the rackand the cranked J. M. ST. JOHN, gear with the hand-lever, a flange ofthe I L. A. ST. JOHN

